South Korea and the United States held Wednesday combined air drills, involving at least one U.S. B-52H strategic bomber, South Korean defense ministry said, amid joint efforts to sharpen deterrence against evolving North Korean threats.
The training focused on practicing procedures to protect the strategic bomber from potential aerial enemy threats, and strengthening the allied forces' interoperability and combined operational capabilities, the ministry was reported by Yonhap news agency as saying.
The bomber was redeployed to the Korean Peninsula about a month after its last deployment here amid tensions caused by Pyongyang's provocative moves, such as its unveiling of the Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warhead last week. The South Korean Air Force mobilized its F-35A radar-evading fighters for the drills, while the US side deployed F-35B and F-16 fighters. (QNA)
Source: Qatar News Agency